On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 01:08:30PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Haines Brown (hai...@histomat.net): > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 03:35:30PM +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:07:13AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > > > On a new Thinkpad x250, I've installed Sid. The touchpad causes > > > > problems, and so I want to disable it. The easy way is Fn+F8, but that > > > > key combination does nothing. Is this because Windows is not installed? > > > > What should be a sure fire way is to disable it in BIOS. I do that, but > > > > it has no effect. > > > > > > > > How do I get rid of it? > > > > > > According to > > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Synaptics_TouchPad_driver_for_X, you can > > > either: > > > > > > * Execute `xinput set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics \ > > > Off" 8 1` at a command prompt (or bind that to a hotkey) > > > * Create a file /etc/X11/xorg.d/*.conf with the contents: > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > > > Driver "synaptics" > > > Option "TouchpadOff" "1" > > > EndSection
> So we can assume that the pad works perfectly before you start X, > and that in X you can click in the root window to get the various > menus? That is correct > That's looks as if it's trying to start another Xserver. > You *are* typing "xinput" and not "xinit"? I'm beginning to suspect that's what I did (trying to fix the Thinkpad and get some work done at same time). Now when I log in as user, I can run the xinit command from a prompt and it kills > > So maybe I should put the command in /etc/X11/Xsession. I tried putting the xinit command in Xsession, but than I can't start X: "unexpected xinit: connection to X server lost". Also tried with both .xsession and .Xresources. Now I can't startx at all, and I removed the two files and the line in Xsession, but sill can't get X server to run: just a loop or lack of sync, and I have to reboot to get a usable prompt. In ~/.xsession-errors only that .Xmodmap not found. I suspect I have a basic problem with display that I need to resolve before worrying about touchpad. I can log in and start x as user or as root. But then any x apps that are running crash when touchpad is touched, and when I log out the non-X display is in a loop or out of sync so that I usually cannot get a prompt and can only reboot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150710193914.gm14...@engels.historicalmaterialism.info
